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“Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell.”

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Beatrice Webb
Beatrice Webb

Beatrice Webb was a British sociologist renowned for her research on social issues during the Industrial Revolution. Her work had a profound impact on later sociological theories. more

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